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Dec 30, 2021
COVID-19 Pandemic — Part-1 (DNA Testing)
Posted by Krys Hyff in category: biotech/medical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10TDWvz4ak&feature=share
Trigger Alert. — This YT is a deep dive into DNA companies which is fascinating — unfortunately it is anti Israel (or appears to me)
However the background research is good and I think worth a read.
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Dec 30, 2021
Yale scientists restore cellular function in 32 dead pig brains
Posted by Mishari Al Hasawi in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
As a control, other brains received either a fake solution or no solution at all. None revived brain activity and deteriorated as normal.
The researchers hope the technology can enhance our ability to study the brain and its cellular functions. One of the main avenues of such studies would be brain disorders and diseases. This could point the way to developing new of treatments for the likes of brain injuries, Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, and neurodegenerative conditions.
Dec 30, 2021
LEGO to launch NASA-inspired moon sets in time for Artemis I launch
Posted by Chima Wisdom in category: space travel
The toy company recently revealed the first two of its NASA-inspired LEGO City Space sets with hints of more to come. The new Rocket Launch Center and Lunar Research Base are scheduled for release on March 1, 2022.
After several delays, NASA is now looking to launch its Artemis I moon mission in March or April.
“LEGO City Space toy playsets come with feature-rich models inspired by real NASA machines, vehicles and spacecraft, plus inspiring astronaut characters for imaginative, open-ended play based on real-life space missions,” LEGO wrote on its website.
Dec 30, 2021
Smart charging can save electric vehicle drivers £110 a year and cut carbon footprint
Posted by Chima Wisdom in categories: sustainability, transportation
Drivers of electric vehicles could save an average of £110 a year—and cut their carbon footprint by 20%—by using “smart charging” to power up their cars at the best possible times, a report by a research team involving Swansea University experts has shown.
Smart charging helps spread out demand for electricity to avoid overloading the National Grid. This is a major issue given the huge growth in the number of electric vehicles, with up to 11 million forecast to be on Britain’s roads by 2030.
Already people can get cheaper electricity by charging at certain times, usually in the early hours of the morning. But smart charging could go much further than this. For example, it could mean charging when windy weather means surplus wind power is being generated, or having your charging automatically coordinated with your neighbors.
Dec 30, 2021
FDA-Approved Eyedrops Could Replace Your Reading Glasses
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: biotech/medical, business, health
A medical breakthrough could help millions of Americans see a bit more clearly. In the latest edition of Your Health on TODAY, NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports on a new treatment that could replace your reading glasses.
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Dec 30, 2021
China lays out five-year plan to be global robotics hub
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: government, robotics/AI, transportation
Chinese robotics market is projected to expand at 20% through to 2025, when the government is aiming to double manufacturing robot density and drive adoption in key sectors including automobile and mining.
Dec 30, 2021
Ergothioneine Extends Lifespan (in flies)
Posted by Mike Lustgarten in category: life extension
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Papers referenced in the video:
Ergothioneine exhibits longevity-extension effect in Drosophila melanogaster via regulation of cholinergic neurotransmission, tyrosine metabolism, and fatty acid oxidation.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34877949/
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Webb, and Psychean editorial note by Adriano V. Autino.
We just attended the launch of the James Webb Telescope, headed to the Earth-Sun Lagrange point 2 (L2), at 1.5 kilometers from Earth. A very ambitious project, aimed to place a human eye in a location where it will be easier to investigate the origin and the meaningful life events of the universe, of our solar system and our mother planet. What raised some thoughts in my mind is one of the characteristics of this beautiful sample of human ingenuity and hunger for knowledge: the JWST mirror has been plated with gold, due to elements properties like a high reflection of infrared light and extreme un-reactivity. My aim is not to discuss this choice from the scientific point of view. It makes me rather think about the value of precious metals, that’s not only their beauty, nor the use we make of them to realize precious jewels.
While I was in space just with my mind, it was easy to go some more million kilometers further away, reaching to the 16 Psyche Asteroid. Psyche – an M-type asteroid, fragment of a proto-planet broken up during the birth of the solar system — dwells somewhere in the middle of the Asteroid Belt, between Mars and Jupiter. The distance from Earth ranges from 252 million to 645 million kilometers.
Dec 30, 2021
Taiwan Is Getting 40 New Paladin Howitzers from the United States
Posted by Chima Wisdom in category: transportation
Thus, the M109A6s help bring more modern mobile capability to Taiwan’s artillery forces, and brings to the table GPS-guided shells precise enough to pose a serious threat to point targets like landing craft and armored vehicles (at least when they aren’t moving much).
Of course, forty relatively modern howitzers will not dramatically affect the unfavorable balance of power Taiwan’s armed forces must hedge against. However, they are a modest step forward towards modernizing Taipei’s ground forces for a possible conflict one can only hope is never fought.
